The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-10-20
GENERAL NEWS.

Doings Throughout the World and
| the Nation.
Items Taken From the Latest Teie.
graphic Reports on Subjects
| Of Interest.
Last Friday 800 vigilantes in West
Virginia gave some thieves their walking
papers.
Judge H. J. Elicit who made the wei,
coming address to the president at Mem
phis last Saturday morning, died on the
stand before the ceremonies were over.
In Chicago, last Sunday, Steven W
Rawson was shot by a son of his wife
aged 16, Rawson had accused his wife o1
adultery, and the boy acted through re-
venge.
At New York, last Monday morning, a
fire in building at No. II South street.
occupied by J. G. Alport, wholesale gro
Ger and ship chandler, caused damage to
about 100000.
Surgeon General Hamilton received a
telegram from Tampa, Florida, Tuesday
morning, saying that there had been
three new cases of fever, but no deaths
since the last report.
| Serious riots occurred at Gibraltar last
| Sunday between the Irish and English
soldiers. Many rioters were injured. Sew
eral arrests have been made and the
streets are guarded by patrols.
The Galveston, Harrisburg & San An
tonic mail and express which left Ell Paso
Friday evening was stopped four miles
east of the city by three masked men. An
alarm drl We them Of before securing any
thing.
Henry D. Little has published a fifteen
column reiteraiion OF his charges against
Senator Mcpherson, of New Jersey, bar
gaining to secure tho election Of General
Seweu as Senator in return for business
| favors.
! Tuesday evening the Helena & North
ern railroad was completed into Ma1ys-
vile. Work had been somewhat de-
layed by lack OF material and for a day or
| two past By terrific gale blowing down
the gulch.
The Kent House, at lakewood, on
| Chautauqua lake, was totally destroyed
| by fire last week and the cottages dam
aged. The burned hotel Was the finest
on the lake, and the total loss will reach
$125,O0o; insurance, $4,000.
A largo fire broke out in the packing
department of Adams & Co.'S glass works
on Carson street, Pittsburs, Pennsyl-
vania, last Monday. The entire glass works
plant and row of tenements we're de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at $4,000
The report OF tho bureau Of statistics
on the wool product will be issued
shortly. 1t will estimate the wool clip
this year at $7O,0O0,0Oo, and the number
of sheep in the country at 10000, 900, al
increase OF 6, 5,000000 since the last cen.
sus.
Robert Neil's boarding house at Lake
Edward, Quebec, was burned at midnigh,
Tuesday. Three of the boarders, Thos
Landus, of Norton Mills, Vermont; vii
liam Buchanan, of Little River, and Geo
Scotton, OF California, were burned to ;
crisp.
The great international encampment
was placed in the hands of the receiver
this morning. General Bently and othe1
managers of the affair united in peti
ton to Judge Garnett this morning thai
a receiver be appointed, which we!
granted.
Sunday morning, at Albuquerque, n
| w., SNlGCuuldu lIOu 1lllnO1S IdIllet
Sullivan tried to connect Miller draw
head with common coupling. He wal
caught between the cars and crushed
horribly, his life becoming extinct few
moments after the accident.
In Albuquerque, n. NJ, Saturday night
two Mexican boys were trying to clean ;
loaded shotgun. The charge exploded
scattering Roman Martinez's brains owe
the room. The victim, who was only J.
years old, presented horrible sight, hi
head being blown from his body.
| A crisis is approaching in the affairs o
Corea, over which kingdom the empero
of China claims sovereignty. The indie
pendence of the Corean king in the ap
, pointment of five ministers plenipoten
tiary to represent him at the courts o
other nations is resented by the Chinese
An attempt was made last Saturda.
evening to rob the International & Grea
!